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Constitution 



OF 



Association of 
American Draftsmen 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



1892 



Constitution 



OF 



Association of 
American Draftsmen 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



1892 



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GEDNEY A. ROBERTS CO. 
WASHINGTON. 



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OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



President: 

H. G. Brewer 

Vice President: 

W. T. Powell 

Secretary: 

W. A. Dobson 

Treasurer: 

J. S. Latimer 

Council: 

H. G. Brewer 
W. T. Powell 
W. A. Dobson 
J. S. Latimer 
Prof. Harry King 
F. E. Grice 
A. B. Cassidy 



CONSTITUTION 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

This Association shall be known as "The As- 
sociation of American Draftsmen." 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECT. 

The object of this Association shall be to pro- 
mote and encourage a closer union of fellowship 
of the American Draftsmen in government and 
private employ, and to prevent the employment 
of the great influx of foreign to the detriment of 
American talent. Statistics germain to the further- 
ance of the cause shall be collected; an eye shall 
be kept on the various infringements and viola- 
tions of the alien labor and civil service laws; a 
directory shall be compiled in which shall be 
placed the names of each member of the Associa- 
tion and his special business qualifications, so 
that when a member loses his position he may 
notify the Secretary, who in turn notifies each 
member; it shall be the duty and pleasure of 
each member of the Association to keep a look- 
out in his special department for a vacancy suit- 
able for the member desiring employment. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. — This Association shall consist of 
active and honorary members. 



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Sec. 2. — Active Members. — The active members 
shall consist of draftsmen and of those whose 
duties associate them professionally with drafts- 
men. 

Sec. 3. — Honorary Members. — The honorary 
members shall consist of persons upon whom 
this Association may see fit to confer an honorary 
distinction. Honorary members shall have all 
the privileges of active members, except the 
right to vote and hold office. 

Sec. 4. — Application for Membership. — The 
names of all persons desirous of becoming mem- 
bers of this Association shall be sent to the 
Secretary one month before the quarterly or semi- 
annual meeting. 

Sec. 5. — Secretary to Notify Me?nbers of Appli- 
cations for Membership. — The Secretary shall pre- 
pare a list of the applicants for membership, 
giving place of birth, residence and occupation 
of each, and send a copy to each member, accom- 
panied by the names of members recommending 
applicants. 

Sec. 6. — Election of Members. — Members shall 
be elected by ballot at a quarterly or semi-annual 
meeting. 

Sec. 7. — Voting by Written Communication. — 
If a member desiring to vote shall not be able to 
attend the meeting he may strike from the list, 
which he has received from the Secretary, any 
names of which he thinks unfavorably, and mail 
the list to the Secretary over his signature. 

Sec. 8. — Persons Who are Eligible as Members. 
All applicants for membership shall be citizens 
of the United States. American citizens of foreign 
birth shall have resided in the United States ten 
(10) years previous to application for membership. 
An applicant must be recommended by three (3) 
active members of the Association, and he shall 



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be thoroughly identified as being in sympathy 
with the object of this Association. 

Sec. 9. — Number of Votes Necessary to Elect. — 
A four-fifths (4-5) vote of the members voting 
shall be necessary to elect an applicant of Ameri- 
can birth. 

Sec. 10. — Three (3) negative votes shall be 
necessary to reject an applicant of foreign birth. 

Sec. 11. — A unanimous vote of the members 
voting shall be necessary to elect an honorary 
member. 

ARTICLE IV. 

FEES, dues and fines. 

Section i. — Initiation Fee and Dues for Active 
Members. — To defray the expenses of the Asso- 
ciation there shall be paid by the active members 
an initiation fee of one dollar ($1.00) and annual 
dues of one dollar (Si. 00). 

Sec. 2. — Whe?i Dues are Payable. — The annual 
dues shall be payable on the first day of January 
of each year. 

Sec. 3. — Honorary Members Exempt from Dues. 
Honorary members shall be exempt from initia- 
tion fee and dues. 

ARTICLE V. 

INDEBTEDNESS, penalties. 

Section i. — Penalty for Indebtedness. — Any 
member failing to pay his dues in three (3) 
months after notification of his indebtedness may 
be dropped from the rolls by the Council. 

Sec. 2. — Necessary for Reinstatement. — Any 
member having been dropped for indebtedness 
may be reinstated in his membership by the 
Council upon the payment of his indebtedness 
within thirty days from the date of such action. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

RESIGNATIONS, EXPULSIONS, SUSPENSIONS. 

Section i. — Resignations. — All resignations of 
membership or office shall be made to the Secre- 
tary in writing, and shall be acted upon at the 
next meeting of the Council. 

Sec. 2. — Members in Debt to Association Cannot 
Resign. — No action shall betaken upon any resig- 
nation of membership when the member is in- 
debted to the Association. 

Sec 3. — Reinstatement. — Persons having re- 
signed or having been dropped, and wishing to 
again become members of this Association, shall 
be regularly proposed and balloted for as provided 
by the Constitution. 

Sec 4. — Suspensions and Expulsions. — Should 
the actions of any member of the Association be 
deemed detrimental to the interests of the Asso- 
ciation he may be fined, requested to resign, 
suspended or expelled. (See Art.- IX, Sec. 6.) 
For impeachment of officers see Art. XII, Sec. 1. 

ARTICLE VII. 

OFFICERS. 

Section i. — Officers. — The officers of this Asso- 
ciation shall consist of a President, Vice-President, 
Secretary and Treasurer, to be elected annually 
by the Association, to serve until their successors 
are elected. 

Sec 2. — Time of Nomination. — Nominations for 
the various offices shall be made to the Secretary 
at least one month before the annual election. 

Sec 3. — Number Necessary to Second a Nomi- 
nation. — Each nomination shall be seconded by 
three active members of the Association. 

Sec 4. — Voting for Officers. — The Secretary 
shall mail the list containing names of candidates 



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for the various offices to each member, who, if he 
cannot be present at the meeting, may strike from 
the list the names he does not desire and mail the 
list to the Secretary over his signature. All written 
communications shall be in the hands of the Sec- 
retary at the time of counting the ballot. 

Sec. 5. — Number of Votes to Elect.-— -The candi- 
date receiving the highest number of votes shall 
be declared elected. 

Sec. 6. — Vacancies. — Any vacancy occurring in 
the offices of the Association shall be filled by the 
Council for the unexpired term. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

THE COUNCIL. 

Section i. — Membership. — The Council shall 
consist of the President, Vice-President, Secre- 
tary, Treasurer and three (3) other active 
members of the Association, who shall be elected 
at the annual meeting. 

Sec 2. — Meetings. — The Council shall meet for 
the transaction of business at least once in each 
month, except in the months of July and August. 

Sec 3. — Quorum. — Four shall constitute a 
quorum. 

Sec 4. — Vacancies. — Vacancies occurring in 
the Council shall be filled by the Council for the 
unexpired term. 

ARTICLE IX. 

DUTIES of the council. 

Section i. — Council Has the Superintendence of 
Association. — The Council shall exercise a general 
superintendence over the affairs of the Associa- 
tion. It shall control and manage its property, 
and enforce the preservation of order and obedi- 
ence to its rules. 



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Sec. 2. — Purchases and Contracts .—The Council 
shall make all necessary purchases and contracts, 
but shall have no power to make the Association 
liable for any debt or debts to an amount exceed- 
ing one-half (y 2 ) of that which at the time of 
contracting the same shall be in the Treasurer's 
hands in cash, and not subject to prior liabili- 
ties. 

Sec. 3. — Power of Council Limited by the Asso- 
ciation. — The Council shall be subject in all re- 
spects (except as to expenditures) to such instruc- 
tions and limitations as may from time to time be 
prescribed by the Association. 

Sec. 4. — For what Purposes the Fu?ids of the 
Association may be Used. — The funds of the Asso- 
ciation shall be used by the Council for the pur- 
pose of publishing such documents as it may 
deem advisable, for paying the running expenses, 
and for such purposes as may be ordered by a 
vote of two-thirds (fi) of the Council. 

Sec. 5. — Conduct of Members. — Should the con- 
duct of any member appear to the Council to be 
injurious to the interests of the Association or 
contrary to its Constitution, the Council shall 
inform him in writing; and, if in its opinion the 
nature of the offense requires it, fine him, request 
him to resign, or suspend him for such time as 
shall be decided by the Council. Should such 
information or request be disregarded, the Coun- 
cil shall refer the matter to the next meeting of 
the Association or to a special meeting thereof, of 
which written notice of not less than two weeks 
shall be given the offending member, and to each 
member of the Association, by the Secretary. At 
the meeting the nature of the offense shall be con- 
sidered, and the member of whom complaint has 
been made may be censured, suspended or ex- 
pelled by a vote of two-thirds of the members 



CONSTITUTION. 1 1 

present; the motion involved to be decided by 
ballot. 

Sec. 6. — Consequence of Arrearages. — Members 
in arrears may be dropped from the rolls by 
Council. (See Art. V, Sec. i.) 

Sec. 7. — Power of Council to Solicit Subscrip- 
tions. — The Council shall have power to solicit 
subscriptions of money for the purpose of carry- 
ing into effect the objects of the Association. 

Sec. 8. — Absentees. — Any member of the Coun- 
cil absenting himself from three consecutive meet- 
ings without notification thereof, and a satisfactory 
explanation of such absence, shall be considered 
as having resigned as a member of the Council. 

Sec. 9. — Council to Arbitrate for Chapters in 
Case of Disputes. — It shall be the duty of the 
Council to advise with members of any Chapter 
who may apply to it in cases of inter-professional 
disputes among members of the Association, and 
if in its judgment the interests of the profession 
or Association demand it. Such cases shall be 
acted upon (Art. IX, Sec. 6) under the provision 
in the Constitution and covering the causes for 
fines, resignations, suspensions or expulsions. 

Sec. 10. — All Chapters Share Equally in the 
Benefits. — The Council shall not make or author- 
ize any expenditure in the benefit of which any 
one Chapter can participate to the exclusion of 
the others. 

Sec 11. — Council Government. — The Council 
may make for its own government any rules not 
inconsistent with the Constitution. 

ARTICLE X. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section i. — Presiding Officers. — The President 
shall preside at all meetings of the Association 



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and Council and have a casting vote. He shall 
exercise the usual functions of a presiding offi- 
cer, and shall enforce a strict observance of the 
Constitution and rules of the Association. In 
the absence of the President, the Vice-President 
shall perform his duties. In the absence of 
both President and Vice-President, a chairman 
shall be chosen by vote. 

Sec. 2. — The Secretary.' — The Secretary shall 
conduct the general correspondence of the Asso- 
ciation and such other matters as may be directed 
by the Association. He shall have charge of the 
seal, certificate of incorporation, Constitution and 
records of the Association, and together with the 
presiding officer shall certify to all acts of the 
Association. He shall keep a record of the pro- 
ceedings and orders of the Association, and shall 
give notice to the several officers of all votes, 
orders, resolves and proceedings of the Associa- 
tion pertaining to their respective duties. He 
shall notify all members of their election and 
keep a record of the specialty of each. He shall, 
under the direction of the President or Vice- 
President, give due notice of the time and place 
of all meetings of this Association. 

Sec. 3. — Secretary pro tern. — In the absence of 
the Secretary the presiding officer shall delegate 
some member to act in his stead. 

Sec. 4. — The Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall 
collect and have charge of the funds of the Asso- 
ciation; they shall be deposited in some bank or 
savings institution, to the credit of the "Associa- 
tion of American Draftsmen," and shall be drawn 
thence by check of the Treasurer. Out of these 
funds he shall pay such sums as ordered by the 
Council. The accounts of the Treasurer shall 
be audited annually by the Council. If the annual 



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report of the Treasurer shows a balance against 
him, no appropriation of money shall be made 
for any object but for necessary current expenses 
of the Association until such balance shall be 
paid. 

ARTICLE XL 

MEETINGS. 

Section i . — The Association shall meet quarterly 
in the City of Washington, and such other places 
as can be conveniently arranged. Nine active 
members shall constitute a quorum. The date of 
meetings shall be fixed by the presiding officer. 
Notice of meetings shall be given to members 
two (2) weeks in advance of meeting. Special 
meetings may be called at any time by the Presi- 
dent upon request of five (5) active members. If 
no quorum is present the presiding officer may 
adjourn the meeting to any other day within two 
weeks. 

Sec. 2. — At all meetings, except special meet- 
ings, the order of business shall be as follows: 

1. Roll Call of Officers. 

2. Reading of Minutes. 

3. Election of Members. ' 

4. Report of Council. 

5. Report of Committees. 

6. Unfinished Business. 

7. New Business. 

8. Good of the Association. 

9. Adjournment. 

The order of business as above arranged may 
at any time be temporarily changed or dispensed 
with by a majority vote of the members present. 

Sec. 3. — Meetings of the Association may be 
called by the President at his discretion, or upon 



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the request of five (5) active members. Notice 
of such meeting shall be given to members 
twenty-four (24) hours in advance of meeting. 

ARTICLE XII. 

IMPEACHMENT OF OFFICERS. 

Section i. — If any officer shall be charged by 
five (5) active members of the Association, in 
writing, addressed to the Council, with improper 
official conduct, the Council shall proceed in the 
manner before prescribed for members. (Art. IX, 
Sec. 6.) 

ARTICLE XIII. 

PROPERTY. 

Section i. — The legal title to all property effects 
and assets of the Association shall be vested in 
the Association as incorporated. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

annual report. 

Section i. — Council. — At the annual meeting 
the Council, through the President, shall make a 
full report of their proceedings during the previous 
year, and recommend such measures as it may 
deem advisable. 

Sec. 2. — Secretary. — The Secretary shall make 
a report of the membership, admissions, resigna- 
tions, expulsions, etc. 

Sec. 3. — Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall 
make a detailed report of the finances of the 
Association, showing receipts, expenditures, 
assets and indebtedness of the Association on 
the 31st of December of the preceding year, 
which report shall be approved by the Council. 



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ARTICLE XV. 

CHAPTERS. 

Section i. — Draftsmen or persons eligible as 
members to this Association may form them- 
selves into a Chapter or Branch of this Associa- 
tion in any locality, provided three of their num- 
ber are members of this Association. Each shall 
elect its own officers, who shall make a written 
application to the Association, stating circum- 
stances of the organization, and enclosing a copy 
of its proposed rules and regulations and a list of 
its members. The Council shall, if in its judg- 
ment it deems it advisable, recognize the associa- 
tion as Chapter of the Association 

of American Draftsmen. (The blank shall be 
filled in with the name of the city in which the 
organization is to have its headquarters.) 

Sec. 2. — Each Chapter shall conduct its own 
affairs as it sees fit, subject to the limitations of 
this Constitution. 

Sec. 3. — The Secretary of each Chapter shall 
forward to the Secretary of the Association a 
memorandum of the proceedings of each meet- 
ing, such papers as may be of general interest to 
the profession and an annual report at least three 
weeks prior to the convening of the annual con- 
vention. He shall forward at the same time a 
list of all members of his Chapter and the specialty 
of each. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

amendments. 

Section i. — Amendments to the Constitution 
may be made at any meeting, provided all mem- 
bers are notified of the proposed change and the 
majority of those voting are in favor of the change. 



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Sec. 2. — Any amendment offered at a meeting 
may be amended at the same meeting, or any 
new amendment may be offered to the section 
proposed to be amended by any member of the 
Association, provided such new amendment shall 
be sent to the Secretary two weeks prior to the 
meeting at which such amendments are to be 
considered. 




DIRECTORY 



Berger, Wm. S., 
BESSELIEVRE, S. L, 
BESSELIEVRE, WM., 

Brewer, H. G., 
Buch, Mr., 
C ADVERT, C. P., 
Cassidy, A. B., 
Collins, W. A., 
Colonna, B. A.. 
ClEborne, A. C, 
Cresswell, C. N., 
Dobson, W. A., 

Dodge, C. C, 
Former, H. v., 
Freyhold, F., 
Frothingham, G. P. 
Grice, F. B., 
Hartt, W. H., . 
Howell, W. N., 
Hurley, J. P., 
Johnson, A. H., 
Jones, W. T., . 
Jones, CM., 
King, Harry, Prof., 
King, Norman 1^., 
Klakring, A., . 

IvAWRANCE, F. W., 

IylNCH, C. S., 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

Washington, D. C. 

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Washington, D. C. 

Norfolk, Va. 

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Latimer, J. S., 
McAllister, C. A., 
McClymont, B. B., 
Morgan, Leo, 
Nelson, J. A., . 
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Powell, W. T., 
Powell, H. H., 
Purdon,j., 
Quinn, J. F., 
Roberts, A. C, 
Reilly, H. O., . 
Rodman, Geo., 
Shock, H. C, 
Southard, T., . 
Stearns, J. W., 
Story, R. N., 
Sicard, W. F., . 
Spinks, W., 
Steger, Chas. B., 
Tobin, Geo. H., 
Torrey, John D., 
Taggart, A. C, 
Taylor, B. L., 
VanSant, R. L., 
Wright, F. J., 
Whiting, W. M., 
Walton, J. D., 
Workman, Jas. C. 
White, H. W., . 
Yeo, S. Geo., . 



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Association of American Draftsmen, 



Washington, D.*C, Feb. 20, 1892. 
Dear Sir : 

The Association of American Draftsmen effected 
a permanent organization on the 9th of December, 
1 89 1. A copy of the Constitution adopted at that 
meeting, with a list of original officers and members, 
is enclosed. 

You are hereby requested to send to the Secre- 
tary of this Association your place of birth, business 
and residence, also your specialty, or special branch 
of the science, in order to complete the ' directory. 

To enable the Association to benefit its members 
to the extent of its hopes and aims, you are requested 
to notify the Secretary of all vacancies, promotions, 
or probable vacancies and promotions, coming under 
your notice, and the attendant circumstances ; also 
any infringements or violations of the Alien Labor or 
Civil Service Laws. 

Only by the concerted action of its members can 
the Association become the power it seeks and hopes 
to be, and will depend upon its individual members 
for such information and cooperation throughout the 
country that will ensure its success. 

By order of Council, 

H. G. Brewer, 

President. 

W. A. Dobson, 

Secretary, 

Navy Dept., Washington, D. C. 



QEDNEY * ROBERTS CO. 



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